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2025 California Date Palm Workshop

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Apr 23 2025

Join us for the upcoming 2025 California Date Palm Workshop event where you will learn about date production. There will be presentations on irrigation, nutrients, disease, pests, and regulations. “The workshop brings together researchers, growers and stakeholders to discuss recent research…
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May 2025

May 19, 2025
In this newsletter...ADVANCED ON-FARM WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS: A VITAL APPROACH FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT FARMING IN THE DESERT REGIONNEW CATTLE ID REQUIREMENTS – WHAT HAS CHANGED?AREA-WIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS ACROSS THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: MAY 2025 UPDATESFALL 2024 UPDATES FROM THE FARM SMART PROGRAM OF…
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California agritourism can learn from small farms in Puerto Rico

April 16, 2025
By Kristen Farrar
Agritourism plays in important role in diversifying income and developing new markets for products. Statewide agritourism coordinator, Rachael Callahan, weighs in on the potential for agritourism to serve as a safety net, supporting the resiliency of California agriculture after disaster.
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Survey on AI Chatbots in Farming

April 11, 2025
This short survey aims to gather your valuable insights on how a specialized agricultural chatbot could assist with your day-to-day farming operations. You can either test our prototype and compare it with ChatGPT, or simply share which features would be most beneficial for your specific farming context.The…
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Chicken-Powered Composting: Nature's Efficient Recyclers at Work

April 1, 2025
By Michael Cohen
Would you like some help with composting but are short on labor? Let your chickens do the work! At Garden to Table Silicon Valley Community Farm in San Jose they create a mound, or “Chicken Mountain”, of agricultural scraps and sprouted seeds for the flock, where the chickens eagerly peck and…
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Date production workshop set for April 23 in Palm Desert

March 5, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The 2025 California Date Palm Workshop will be held on April 23 in Palm Desert at the UC Riverside Palm Desert Center. Anyone who is interested in growing dates is welcome to attend. "This workshop brings together researchers, growers and stakeholders to discuss recent research data on the ‘state of the…
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